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The Triptych, by Sasha Sokolov (2012)
Rights sold: Italy - MIRAGGI, Russia - OGI
The most Triptych reviewers tend to believe they are dealing with the famous author’s fiasco. However, this is not so. By keeping distance, and keeping to his creative principles, speaking almost the bird language, Sasha Sokolov stages little tragedies for the elect.
The book consist of three standalone masterpieces:
- Gazibo (complete manuscript available at http://magazines.russ.ru)
- Filornit (complete manuscript available at http://magazines.russ.ru)
- Rassuzhdenie (Reflection, complete manuscript available at http://magazines.russ.ru)
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Culture and Explosion by Yuri Lotman (NF)
Rights sold: Czech Republic - HOST, Spain - GEDISA
Originally published in Russian in 1992, a year before Lotman's death, Culture and Explosion puts forth a fundamental theory: the semiotics of culture. Proceeding from a model of communication, Lotman extends the work of the renowned Tartu-Moscow school that he founded, showing not only how culture can be observed and described, but also how it can be governed and guided. In fact, as Lotman demonstrates with copious examples, the modelling system of culture has an immeasurably strong influence on the way that humans experience "reality". As usual, Lotman's erudition is brought to bear on the theory of culture, and the book comprises a host of well-chosen illustrations from history, literature, art and right across the humanities.
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